Police: Woman pulls gun, stabbed in hand in Barrett Township

A drunken woman upset about her sick dog pointed a loaded gun at two men she was playing cards with in her Barrett Township home Thursday night, police said.

ANDREW SCOTT

A drunken woman upset about her sick dog pointed a loaded gun at two men she was playing cards with in her Barrett Township home Thursday night, police said.

One of the men stabbed Alyss Westberry, 44, of Canadensis, in her hand to get the gun away from her, police said.

Westberry then fled the house and ran south in traffic on Route 390 until the men caught up with her and held her down on a slight embankment behind a guard rail, which is where police found and took her into custody, according to an affidavit.

Police give the following account:

Westberry had been drinking and playing cards with her guests shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday. She was upset and began yelling because her dog was sick.

Westberry then pulled a loaded .38-caliber revolver from under the table and pointed it at her guests, saying, "We are all going to die tonight." She at one point placed the gun to her own head and then pointed it at the guests again.

One of the guests grabbed Westberry's left hand, which was holding the gun, and wrestled with her for several seconds, getting around behind her, but couldn't get the gun away.

Seeing her finger on the trigger with the gun pointed at his friend's face, the other guest took a folding knife from his pocket and "poked" Westberry's hand, causing her to let go of the gun.

Police arrived, saw Westberry's stab wound and later were provided with the loaded gun.

She was placed in Monroe County Correctional Facility on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and public drunkenness. She will appear in district court at a future date.